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Giving in to Feel Good: The Place of Emotion Regulation in the Context of General Self-Control

Tice, Dianne M., Bratslavsky, Ellen·2000·Psychological Inquiry

Abstract

Understanding how emotion regulation is similar to and different from other self-control tasks can advance the understanding of emotion regulation. Emotion regulation has many similarities to other regulatory tasks such as dieting, and abstaining from smoking, drugs, alcohol, ill-advised sexual encounters, gambling, and procrastination, but it differs in a few important respects. Emotion regulation is similar to other kinds of self-regulation in that it consists of three components: standards, monitoring, and strength. Emotion regulation involves overriding one set responses with another, incompatible set, just like with other types of self-control. And like other regulatory tasks, emotion regulation can fail either because of underregulation or because of misregulation. Although emotion regulation is similar in many respects to other regulatory tasks, it is a special case of self-regulation in that it can often undermine attempts at other kinds of self- control. Specifically, focusing on regulating moods and feeling states can lead to a failure of self-control in other areas.

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Authors
Tice, D. M., & Bratslavsky, E.
Affiliations
Case Western Reserve University (US)
Venue
Psychological Inquiry
Published
2000-07
Volume
11
Issue
3
Pages
149-159
ISSN
  • 1047-840X (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-7965
OpenAlex
W2120700180
Cited by
569
References
108
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.23
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Psychological Inquiry (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
Keywords
emotion regulation, self-control, self-regulation, mood regulation, dieting, smoking abstinence, procrastination, gambling, drug use, sexual behavior

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